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<blockquote data-quote="Pokinfun" data-source="post: 2992946" data-attributes="member: 28113"><p>I am not saying that blue collar is bad choice, I was enlisted in the Army. I always wanted tp join the Army from the time I was a kid. I see lots of kids that all they want to do is go to college. I see lots of kids, about 80%, of our graduates that are not sure, but are just going along with what everyone else is doing or what their parents want. most kids today, do not get exposure to blue collar fields and will not. If their parents does not remove them from the college path, which means losing Oklahoma Promise, they cannot go to vo-tech. A kid that needs to attend a vocational school because, traditional studies are not interesting or they are just plainly are not good writers or math is confusing, more than likely has a C average, which means he/she cannot apply for vo-tect. When kids that have a B or above average goes to vo-tech, they try to guide them into college prep classes. </p><p>When I was 13 I could operate heavy equipment, do general maintenance, and weld a little. by the time I was 16 I could rebuild a motor and wire a shop, I graduated high school at 17 and went to Ft Benning for summer vacation. However, I grew up on a working farm. The difference between us and lots of kids now is exposure, they never see anyone fix anything, lots do not even have a man in their homes to show them how to fix a lawnmower. If a kid does not even know to replace the filter on their furnace, how are they ever going to be interested in HVAC?</p><p>Last year, I literally took my regular US History class to the parking lot to showed them how to winch down the spare tire from a pickup. one of the kids had gotten a flat and had no idea how to get his spare down.</p><p>The last thing I wanted to bring up is the cost of vo-tech. I cannot remember exactly but vo-tech spending considerably higher than high school. if the state cannot properly fund the school system, do you think they can afford to expand enrollment in vo-tech?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokinfun, post: 2992946, member: 28113"] I am not saying that blue collar is bad choice, I was enlisted in the Army. I always wanted tp join the Army from the time I was a kid. I see lots of kids that all they want to do is go to college. I see lots of kids, about 80%, of our graduates that are not sure, but are just going along with what everyone else is doing or what their parents want. most kids today, do not get exposure to blue collar fields and will not. If their parents does not remove them from the college path, which means losing Oklahoma Promise, they cannot go to vo-tech. A kid that needs to attend a vocational school because, traditional studies are not interesting or they are just plainly are not good writers or math is confusing, more than likely has a C average, which means he/she cannot apply for vo-tect. When kids that have a B or above average goes to vo-tech, they try to guide them into college prep classes. When I was 13 I could operate heavy equipment, do general maintenance, and weld a little. by the time I was 16 I could rebuild a motor and wire a shop, I graduated high school at 17 and went to Ft Benning for summer vacation. However, I grew up on a working farm. The difference between us and lots of kids now is exposure, they never see anyone fix anything, lots do not even have a man in their homes to show them how to fix a lawnmower. If a kid does not even know to replace the filter on their furnace, how are they ever going to be interested in HVAC? Last year, I literally took my regular US History class to the parking lot to showed them how to winch down the spare tire from a pickup. one of the kids had gotten a flat and had no idea how to get his spare down. The last thing I wanted to bring up is the cost of vo-tech. I cannot remember exactly but vo-tech spending considerably higher than high school. if the state cannot properly fund the school system, do you think they can afford to expand enrollment in vo-tech? [/QUOTE]
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